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Image Title: The Horrors Of War A Vision Or A Scene In The Tragedy Of K:rich:3

Date: 1782 Decr. 1st.

Summary: Print shows Lord North and another minister having a vision of the atrocities committed against America; they see an image of corruption holding a cup of poison from which Britannia, reclining with sheild and spear, has drunk, and a Native wearing feathered headdress and skirt, representing America, with mutilated breast, standing on a cloud enveloping infants and weapons.

Notes: Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1975, no. 823.

Subjects: Atrocities--British--United States--1780-1790
Corruption--1780-1790
Daydreaming--1780-1790
North, Frederick,--Lord,--1732-1792
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Moral & ethical aspects

Original Media: Engraving|Etching

Collections: Cartoon Prints, British » more info...

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